The climate of Algeria: when to go to Algeria

The climate of Algeria varies considerably from north to south. The coastal area has a Mediterranean climate, while the highlands south of the coast have hot summers and cold winters with little rain. In large parts of the country there are significant changes between daytime and nighttime temperatures. Further south, the Sahara desert begins with even more extreme differences in temperatures between day and night.

THE CLIMATE OF THE NORTH OF ALGERIA

The north of Algeria has a temperate climate, which varies at the altitude. The coast has a pleasant Mediterranean climate, with hot and dry summers and mild and rainy winters. With average maximum winter temperatures of 15 ° C and average minimum winter temperatures of 9 ° C, while in summer the average maximum temperatures are 28 ° C and the average minimum temperatures of 21 ° C.

The rains are quite abundant. They vary according to the areas between 1.000 mm in the eastern areas (Grande Kabylia, Piccola Kabylia and Djebel Edough) and 400 mm in the western areas (Piana di Chelif, Aurès and Amour mountains).

In the spring months, particularly in April, a warm wind sometimes blows from the desert, the sirocco that transports large quantities of sand from the desert, causing intense sand storms and a sharp rise in temperature.

ALGERS (25 meters)

Month

Average low (°C)

Average high (°C)

Precip. (mm)

Precip. days

January

5,5

16,7

81,4

11,4

February

5,9

17,4

72,7

10,6

March

7,1

19,3

55,0

9,7

April

8,8

20,9

58,4

9,1

May

12,3

23,9

41,9

7,3

June

16,1

28,2

8,5

2,5

July

18,9

31,2

4,5

1,5

August

19,8

32,2

8,2

2,5

September

17,6

29,6

28,3

5,3

October

14,2

25,2

58,8

8,6

November

9,8

20,8

89,6

11,1

December

7,2

17,9

91,0

12,1

YEAR

11,9

23,7

598,3

91,7

ALGERS

Month

Sea Water Temperature °C

January

15

February

15

March

15

April

16

May

18

June

21

July

24

August

26

September

25

October

22

November

19

December

17

THE CLIMATE OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREA

The northern inland mountainous area has a harsher climate with average maximum winter temperatures of 16 ° C and average minimum winter temperatures of -2 ° C, on the highest peaks it can sometimes snow. While in summer the maximum average temperatures are 38 ° C and the average minimum temperatures are 10 ° C. The rains have averages between 400 mm and 100 mm per year, and occur mostly between September and December.

BISKRA (87 metres)

Month

Average low (°C)

Average high (°C)

Precip. (mm)

Precip. days

January

6,9

16,7

17,4

3,7

February

8,6

19,1

10,2

3,2

March

11,4

22,6

13,6

3,5

April

14,6

26,1

13,1

3,3

May

19,4

31,3

11,1

2,8

June

24,3

37,0

5,1

2,3

July

27,4

40,2

1,7

0,6

August

27,3

39,6

5,7

1,6

September

23,2

34,3

10,4

3,2

October

17,9

28,3

11,3

3,8

November

12,1

21,6

20,1

3,8

December

8,1

17,5

9,1

3,7

YEAR

16,8

27,9

128,8

35,5

THE CLIMATE OF THE SAHARA OF ALGERIA

In the immense desert area of the Algerian Sahara, the climate is extremely arid, with both seasonal and very strong daily temperature excursions. The nights often register temperatures below zero, and sometimes reach -10 ° C. While the maximum temperatures sometimes exceed 47 ° C. Finally, there are significant differences in temperature between day and night.

BECHAR (747 metres)

Month

Average low (°C)

Average high (°C)

Precip. (mm)

Precip. days

January

3,5

15,9

9,0

2,4

February

6,0

18,8

8,5

2,4

March

9,8

22,4

8,8

2,4

April

13,7

26,2

7,5

1,9

May

18,3

30,6

5,3

2,0

June

23,5

36,5

5,0

1,6

July

26,9

40,1

0,7

0,8

August

26,5

39,2

2,0

1,4

September

21,9

34,2

7,4

3,2

October

15,6

27,5

10,6

3,2

November

9,2

20,9

13,6

2,4

December

4,8

17,0

8,2

2,1

YEAR

15,0

27,4

86,6

25,8

TAMANRASSET (1320 metres)

Month

Average low (°C)

Average high (°C)

Precip. (mm)

Precip. days

January

5,2

20,1

2,4

0,6

February

6,9

22,1

1,5

0,7

March

10,9

25,4

5,2

1,1

April

15,3

30,1

2,1

0,8

May

19,7

33,6

5,1

1,5

June

22,8

35,4

7,1

2,8

July

23,1

35,3

5,1

1,6

August

22,6

34,7

8,1

2,9

September

21,1

33,2

7,7

2,8

October

16,4

29,5

6,8

1,5

November

10,4

24,7

0,8

0,4

December

6,4

21,3

1,7

0,6

YEAR

15,1

28,8

53,6

17,3

WHEN TO GO TO ALGERIA

The best time to visit Algeria are the months of March and those between October and November, when the days are cool and sunny. Even mid-winter can be a good time, even if the desert night temperatures are extremely low.

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